“I have sinned by betraying innocent blood,” he said.

“What’s that to us?” they said. “See to it yourself!” So he threw the silver into the temple(A) and departed. Then he went and hanged himself.

The chief priests took the silver and said, “It’s not permitted(B) to put it into the temple treasury, since it is blood money.”

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“I have sinned,” he said, “for I have betrayed innocent blood.”

“What is that to us?” they replied. “That’s your responsibility.”(A)

So Judas threw the money into the temple(B) and left. Then he went away and hanged himself.(C)

The chief priests picked up the coins and said, “It is against the law to put this into the treasury, since it is blood money.”

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